Have you always wanted to power scrap or speed scrap? Being organized is a key as is having some pre-planned pages put together.

Supplies you will need:
* photos
* A 3 ring binder. If you are working on more than one album you may want to consider using a 3" 3-ring binder along with some dividers.
* Plastic Page Protector
* Pencil to make any notes of memorabilia,
embellishments, or journaling notes on a sheet of paper to slip into the packet.



Here's how to set up pre-planned packet pages:

Step One: Photos.

1. As soon as you bring the pictures home from being developed (providing you are using a film camera), sort the pictures. For example what pictures will go in which album.

For me, each of my children have their own album, then there's the family album and the travel/vacation album that I've been continually adding to for the past 4 years. I also have a "Me and My Hobbies" album as well as a Homesteading/Farm album that I just begun.





HINTS:

1. Always get double prints. You never know when you may want to use that photo for a gift album or another album. Sometimes I request 4 and even 6 sets of prints because we may have an event that I want to put pictures of in each of the 5 children's albums. It will cost you less in the long run to get duplicate prints made when you have the film developed then to take the negatives back for more prints. 2. Check around for the best price on getting the film developed. I get all mine developed a a local grocery store and it only costs me $3.99 for 2 sets of prints. So if I request 4 sets, the prices usually around $6 for all the pictures. Not too bad of a price, huh? So be sure to check around.

Step Two: Setting up the packet.

Take one set of your now sorted pictures and match paper, embellishments, etc for them. Working on one pictures at a time, Put whatever paper(s), embellishment, etc. along with the photos into the plastic page protector. You can also you this packet now to store any memorabilia from a trip along with your photos. If you are afraid that your small embellishments may get lost out of the pocket if the binder gets turned over, you can always make a note on a sheet of paper and stick that into the packet. This is also a good way to make note of punches, stamps, or bulky embellishments and event notes about the pictures.

Once, you have all that together in your packet, you have now completed your first Pre-Planned Page Packet or as referred to hereinafter as PPPP.



Step Three: Storage of the PPPP's.

Now that you have your PPPP(s) made, place that packet into your 3 ring binder. If you are using dividers that correspond to your albums, be sure to put it behind the correct divider.

If you like to scrap in chronological order, you can even put your packets in this order. If you like to scrap out of order, you can use this method to store your photo packets chronological and then work on them randomly. I don't scrap in chronological order anymore, but I do put the packets in my binder in order as well as in order in the respective albums once they layouts are done.





Step Four: Using the PPPP.

When you are ready to work on a particular photo or event, simply go into binder and pick out the corresponding packet and start creating.

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